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Bill Gates’s private office reportedly asked some female job candidates about their sexual histories — including what kind of pornography they liked, whether they ever had extramarital affairs and even if they had nude pictures of themselves on their phones.
During Gates’s extensive screening process, a security firm also asked some women if they ever “danced for dollars,” sources told The Wall Street Journal.
Another candidate told the outlet that she was asked whether she had ever contracted a sexually transmitted disease.
It was unclear if any male candidates were asked similarly personal questions during the hiring process for Gates’s private office, called Gates Ventures, and none interviewed by The Journal said they had.
A spokeswoman for Gates Ventures said she hadn’t heard about such questions being asked during the background checks, which were conducted by third-party contractor Concentric Advisors.
The firm bills itself as “family office security” for “high-net-worth clients” on its website.
Gates, with a net worth of $132 billion, is the No. 4 richest person in the world, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The risk-management firm also touts that it has several former CIA and FBI agents on its staff.
Its headquarters are also located in the same lakefront office park in Kirkland, Wash., as Gates Ventures, according to The Journal.
These interviews were reportedly conducted in recent years, and Concentric’s interviewers were believed to be finding any information that could be used to compromise or blackmail individuals working so closely to Gates, the outlet reported.
“This line of questioning would be unacceptable and a violation of Gates Ventures’ agreement with the contractor,” the spokeswoman told The Journal.
Representatives for Concentric did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
The Gates spokeswoman said Gates Ventures abides by industry standards during pre-employment screenings for both men and women, according to The Journal.
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